म्रक्ष्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- मृक्ष् (mṛkṣ)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ম্ৰক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫ᭄ᬭᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ম্রক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰿𑰨𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁆𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မြက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
- મ્રક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮ੍ਰਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦿꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂹𑂩𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮ್ರಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ម្រក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ມ຺ຣກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
- മ്രക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡵᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘿𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠷᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧠𑧈𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑑂𑐬𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମ୍ରକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪ꣄ꢬꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑇀𑆫𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖿𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ම්රක්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴 𑪙𑩼𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚶𑚤𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
- ம்ரக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
- మ్రక్ష్ (Telugu script)
- มฺรกฺษฺ (Thai script)
- མྲ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑓂𑒩𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑩇𑨫𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Mayrhofer relates the root to मृच् (mṛc, “to hurt, injure, annoy”); on the other hand, he relates मृक्ष् (mṛkṣ), generally considered an alternative form, to a different root, मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe, rub, cleanse”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɾɐkʂ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɾɐkʂ/
Root
म्रक्ष् • (mrakṣ)
Derived terms
- म्रक्षति (mrakṣati)
- म्रक्षयति (mrakṣayati)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “म्रक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 837/2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 124
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 370; 386